List of things named after B. R. Ambedkar

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B. R. Ambedkar

The following things have been named after

Navayana Buddhism
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Airports

Awards and prizes

By the government of India

By the government of Maharashtra

Places

District

Sub-district

  • Dr. Ambedkar Nagar
    (Mhow), Madhya Pradesh

Village

  • Ambedkar Nagar, village in Rajasthan.
  • Dr. B. R. Ambedkar balanagar, village in Hyderabad.

Holidays

Hospitals

  • Tripura Medical College & Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital
  • Ambedkar Nagar Hospital, Delhi
  • Dr.babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Hospital Raipur, Chhattisgarh
  • Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Medical College And Hospital Rohini,Delhi
  • Dr.Ambedkar Hospital And Research Center,Nagpur
  • Dr.babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Central Railway Hospital Bykhalla, Mumbai
  • Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar General Hospital Kandivali, Mumbai
  • Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Medical College And Hospital Bangalore
  • Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar Multispeciality Hospital Govt.hospital in Noida,(Uttar Pradesh)

Memorials, museums, parks, buildings

Statue of B. R. Ambedkar, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore

Andhra Pradesh

  • Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Park
    (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Park Smriti Vanam)

Ladakh

Delhi

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Telangana

Tamil Nadu

Uttara Pradesh

In other countries

Movies And serials

Movies

Many films have been made on Ambedkar's life and thoughts, which are as follows:

  • Bheem Garjana - 1990 Marathi film directed by Vijay Pawar, starring Krishnanand as Ambedkar.
  • Balak Ambedkar - 1991 Kannada film directed by Basavaraj Kethur, starring Chiranjeevi Vinay as Ambedkar.
  • Yugpurush Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar - 1993 Marathi film directed by Shashikant Nalawde, starring Narayan Dulke as Ambedkar.
  • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar - 2000 English film directed by Jabbar Patel, starringMammootty as Ambedkar.
  • Dr. B. R. Ambedkar - 2005 Kannada film directed by Sharan Kumar Kabbur, starring Vishnukanta B. Ambedkar.
  • Teesri Azaadi – A 2006 Hindi film directed by Jabbar Patel.
  • Rising Light - 2006 documentary film on Ambedkar.
  • Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar - 2010 Marathi film based on the life of Ramabai Ambedkar and directed by Prakash Jadhav, starring Ganesh Jethe as Bhimrao Ambedkar.
  • A Journey of Samyak Buddha - Hindi film (2013), based on Ambedkar's book Lord Buddha and His Dhamma.
  • Ramabai - 2016 Kannada film directed by M Ranganath, starring Siddaram Karnik as Bhimrao Ambedkar.
  • Bole India Jai Bhim – 2016 Marathi film directed by Subodh Nagdeve, starring Shyam Bhimsariyan as Ambedkar.
  • Sharanam Gachhami – 2017 Telugu film directed by Prem Raj, based on the thoughts of Ambedkar. The film also has a song titled 'Ambedkar Sharanam Gachhami', in which Ambedkar is also featured.
  • Bal Bhimrao – 2018 Marathi film directed by Prakash Narayan, starring Manish Kamble as Ambedkar.
  • Ramai – An upcoming Marathi film directed by Bal Bargale.
  • Periyar - 2007 Tamil film based on the life of Periyar and directed by Gnana Rajasekaran, starring Mohan Ran as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
  • Ek Mahanayak - Dr.B.R. Ambedkar - 2019-2020

Stadium

Political parties and organisations

Station

University

  1. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi – Delhi
  2. Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University – Muzaffarpur, Bihar
  3. Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  4. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University – Sonipat
    , Haryana
  5. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University – Hyderabad, Telangana
  6. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Srikakulam – Etcherla
    , Andhra Pradesh
  7. Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow), Dongargaon
    , Madhya Pradesh
  8. Aurangabad, Maharashtra
  9. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University – Ahmedabad, Gujarat
  10. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University – Lonere, Maharashtra
  11. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University – Jaipur, Rajasthan[2]
  12. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University – Agra, Uttar Pradesh
  13. Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University – Chennai, Tamil Nadu
  14. Ambedkar school of economics- Bengaluru, Karnataka

Schools, colleges and research institutes

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Delhi

  • Bhim Rao Ambedkar College - Delhi

Karnataka

Maharashtra

Punjab

Tamil Nadu

Tripura

Uttara Pradesh

West Bengal

Rajasthan

  • Dr.Ambedkar Pg College Jaipur, Rajasthan

In other countries

In popular culture

Dr.B.R. Ambedkar's birthday Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated every year on 14 April as a big festival all over India. This is the biggest festival for Every Indian and also for the Buddhists of Maharashtra . Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated as Knowledge Day by the Government of Maharashtra. [192] [193] [194] Because Dr. Ambedkar, a polymath , is considered a "symbol of knowledge ". [195] [196] [197]This day has been declared as a public holiday all over India. Honorable tributes are paid every year by the President and Prime Minister of India (including leaders of other political parties) to his statue in New Delhi, Parliament. Buddhists, Dalits and other Ambedkarite people greet him like a god by keeping his idol or picture in front of his house. On this day, people parade their idols in front of them, they also enjoy dancing by playing drums. Apart from India, Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated in more than 65 countries of the world. In 2016, Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary was celebrated in 102 countries and at the United Nations , [198] [199] where the United Nations called him the 'Father of the World'. [200] [201]The United Nations has been celebrating Ambedkar Jayanti since 2016. [202] [203] The first birth anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was celebrated by Sadashiv Ranpise on 14 April 1928 in Pune . Ranpise was a follower of Ambedkar. He started the practice of Ambedkar Jayanti and on this occasion many rallies were taken out in a chariot and on a camel by placing Babasaheb's statue in the ambari of an elephant. [204] [205]

Maharashtra Government has declared Ambedkar's School Admission Day, November 7, as Vidyarthi Divas , which is celebrated in every school and junior college in the state. Because despite being a great scholar, Ambedkar remained a student throughout his life. [206] [207] Various programs including lectures, essays, competitions, quiz competitions, poetry recitations based on Ambedkar's life are organized in all the schools and junior colleges of Maharashtra. [208] [209]

Indian Constitution Day (National Law Day) is celebrated on 26 November in honor of Ambedkar . The first formal Constitution Day was celebrated on 26 November 2015, as per the instructions of the Government of India , the 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar. [210] The day 26 November has been chosen to spread the importance of the Constitution and to spread the ideas and concepts of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.

Vandalism of Ambedkar statues

People often protest vandalism of Ambedkar statues,[4][5][6] with the 2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra being a notable instance.[7] Another such protest led to the 1997 Ramabai killings.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Things named after B. R. Ambedkar.
  1. ^ "सामाजिक न्याय विभागाचे पुरस्कार जाहीर". 23 May 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University,Rajasthan Admission 2018–19". 10 September 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Dr. Ambedkar College, Nagpur". dacn.in. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Ambedkar Statue Vandalised in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, Hundreds Gather in Protest". News18. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Dalits protest over vandalism of Ambedkar statue". Firstpost. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  6. ^ Rai, Sandeep. "Women lead protest over vandalisation of Ambedkar statue in Saharanpur". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Desecration of Ambedkar statue: Four killed, 60 injured in Dalit protests". Outlook India. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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